Wiper mechanism



R E N H E H WIPER MEGHANISM Filed Dec. l, 1924 4 sheets-sheet vn INVENTO wszwm H15 ATTORNEYS.

May 2s, 1929. H. BEHNER 1,714,586

WIPER MECHANI SM Filed Deo. l, 1924 `4 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 INVENTOR MEM BY-l/bl Sami/1+ waz,

Hw ArroRNEY'S.

May 28,v 1929.

H. BEHNER WIPER MECHANISM Filed Dec. 1, 1924 4 sheets-sheet s nNvENToR i i l 4 i r 45 ATTORNEYS,

May 28, 1929. H. BEHNER y 1,714,586

WIPER MECHANI SM Filed DSC. 1, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 lNvENToR TB Patented May 28,

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Appncaeon 'mea December i1, 1 924.' serial No. 753,224. l

My'invention relates to lwiper mechanisms' for metal'sheets, and relates particularly tov wiper mechanisms employed for the purpose of cleaning sheet 'metal such as sheet steel by frictional contact of Wiper surfaces of the mechanism with the sheet metal as it is passed between such wiper"surfaces.

Although not limited to such a use, the wiper mechanisms of my invention are very f advantageously employed for cleaning the surfaces of sheet steel in a rolling mill prior to the admission of the sheet'steel material to the rolls adapted to compress the sheet steel to bring it down to a given thickness. The sheet steel supplied in reels ready for the rolling process ordinarily is very dirty, containing on its surfaces gritty substances as well as rustand which would prevent the rolled product from exhibiting a smooth rolled exterior surface. wiper mechanism is applied to the sheet steel before the same is introduced to the rolls, these gritty and other foreign substances will be rolled into the material of the metal, causifng it to exhibit a rough and undesirable surace.

fIt has, therefore, been the practice to first pass the strip sheet metal through wiping lsurfaces of wipers, so-called, a series of which being usually provided prior to the passing .of the strip material into the rolls, and it has been the practice also in some cases to provide some kind of pressure creating mechanism which will increase the pressure exerted by the wiper surfaces against the sheet material passing through the wiper. However, such devices have been unsatisfactory for several reasons, one being that the machines must be'adjusted for wiper pressure every time a new sheet ofmaterial is to be passed through the Wipers, this involving quite a little time vand involving 4inaccuracies in the pressure creating adjustment, there being no provision made in such prior mechamsms, so far as I am aware, to always insure that the pressure creating adjustment is the same in all cases;

i second, there has always been diiiculty in opening up the opposing wiping portions so as to permit the insertion of a new strip of sheet metalto the space between the wipers; third, after the wiping members have been opened up and a new strip of material introduced, the provision for again applying pressure to the wiper surfaces has been very crude and unsatisfactory.

' adjustment for which being not disturbed in Unless some kind of- I It vis'an .object of my present invention,

therefore, to provide a' wiper'mechanism in which the above defects are corrected andv which may be adjusted to give a predeter- .i oo

mined pressure adjustment to thevwipers :of the mechanismso that they Will'always exert the same predetermined pressure on thesheet' metal material operated upon.

Another object of my invention isto provide a' structure whereinv the space between applicationagain of the wiping pressure,vthe

the meantime.

It is an obj ect also of my presentinvention to provide such a novel and improved latching and unlatching mechanism for a pressure applying mechanism of this'type that the two opposing pressure surfaces may 'be opened up by 'a single operative-manual effort on the part of theoperator and be closed i again to the samepressure adjustment,l in a single manual eifor 'f Another object of my invention is to pro'- vide a wiper comprising two framemembers,

the wiping surfaces o^f which may be moved' to a very wide open position wherein the frame members will be disposed atsuch .an angle that an opening will beleft to permit the lateral removal ory insertion of the sheet material to the position between the wipers wherein such material may be operated upon.

Other objects of my invention and the invention itselfwill become apparent as the description of a speciicembodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings' progresses and in which description reference will be had to said drawings Referring now to the drawings- -Fig. 1 shows a Itop plan view of a wiper 'i mechanism embodying my invention;

Fig 2 is a side elevational view ofthe veml bodiment illustrated in Fig'. V1;

Fig. 3 is a front end elevational embodiment of Fig. 1; J

of; f Fig. 5 shows the embodiment of Fig.` 1 in side elevational view, but with the mechanism in partly open position to admit sheet steel between the wiping surfaces or to permit the removal thereof therefrom';

Fig."6 shows the same mechanism as in Fig.

`Fig. 4 is a rear vend elevational view'there- 5 in similar view except that Fig. 6 shows the mechanism .in nearly closed position;

Fig. 7-shows a top plan view of a series of the mechanisms arranged one after the other in line with a pair of rolls and a portion of a sheet of sheet material such as sheet steel passing between the wiping surfaces of the three wipers illustrated and thence between the rolls;

Fi 8 isa view taken of the apparatus of Fig. in front end elevation;

Fig. 9 shows an elevational view of the hand lever employed to operate the wiper mechanism of the foregoing gures;

Fig. 10 is an elevational view of an eccentric shaft adapted to be rotated by the lever of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is an end `plan view of the eccentric cam shaft of Fig. 10

Fig. 12 is an elevational view of a hook member operable by the lever and'cam of Figs. .9 to 11 inclusive, there being two complementary hook members o'f this kind secured igidly together to operate as a single mem- Fig. 13 is an end elevational view of the hook member of Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 shows a transverse sectionallview taken on the line 14-14 of Fig. 2 showing the relation of the eccentric cam shaft when the'said apparatus is in closed or wiping position;

Fig. 15 shows a side elevation of a hook member which is complementary to that of Figs. 12 and 13, and adapted to be rigidly secured to the same so that the two hook members act as a singley hook element.

Fig. 16 shows a side elevation of the upper frame member.

Referring now -to they different figures of drawing and in which figures like parts are desiglnated by like reference characters, at 1 I s ow a base which is hinged by a pin 17 to an upper frame member 2. The base member 1 has a forwardly extending flange 3 (in its mid-portion, said flange carrying a hook end 4,the saidlange with its hook end and the base 1 being preferably cast in one inte ral piece. At 5 and 35 I show a pairof complementary hook members riveted together as shown at 30 and 31, one of these being perhaps best illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13 which showsone of the hook members having openings for the rivets 30 and 31, and a hook end 5.

, The hook members 5 and 35 have a circular opening 10 in their mid-portions, there being a rearwardly extending arm 27 of the hook members perforated at 32 and 33 to admit rivets 34for the pur ose of securing to the said rearwardly exten ing arm, Aa fiat leaf spring' member 21. The ,opening 10 is ada ted to receive an end 7 of the eccentric sha t illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11 and shown in the other figures. The hook member 5 has a laterally extending boss 14 acting as a stop as will be later described. When two of the hookmembers 5 and 35 are riveted together as by rivets 30 and 31, after the opening 10 of each of the members are passed over t-he ends 7 and 8 of the eccentric shaft of Figs. 10 and 11, the hook portions tliereofare joined to make a single hook of double width.

In Fig. 15 I show the other complementary hook member which differs only from the hook member of Figs. '12 and 13 in that it does not have .the rearwardly extending arm 27 nor the spring 21 supported thereon, being in nearly all other respects constructed like that of Figs. 12 and 13, but complementary thereto, having its portions extending laterally in opposite directions to that of Figs. 12 and 13. The hook member 35 shown in Fig. 15 however, does not have the laterally extending lug 14, this being unnecessary in the case of this hook member.

The top frame member 2 is formed of a single integral casting extending from the hinge portion 36 to the depending tongue 26, ,and comprises a threaded opening 37 in its midportion for the reception of a threaded rod 38 having'a handle portion 20, and which carries at itsother extremity the upper wiping supporting plate 15. 'lhe upper frame member 2 is also perforated in its forward portion to receive the cylindrical l'eccentric portion of the eccentric shaft shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

The wiper mechanism comprises a pair of wipers 40 and 41 which may be constructed 'of felt or like material secured by a plurality of nails or screws 42 to supporting boards 28 and 77 respectively, for the upper and lower wipers. The board 77 is secured by a plurality of machine screws as 43 and 44 to the base casting 1 or in any other suitable manner to such casting, and the supporting board 28 is secured to the wiper supporting plate 15 by a plurality of machine screws as 45 and 46. The plate 15 is carried on the end of the threaded rod 38. This'rod contains near its end a peripheral groove 47. rIhe wiper supporting plate 15 has ,in its central portion an upwardly projecting boss 49, the boss 49 containing a vertical recess 48 into which the grooved end of the threaded rod 38 is placed and the key pin 22 is passed through the walls of the boss and projecting partially within`the groove 47 to maintain the end of the ,rod 38 rotatably secured within such recess so that the wiper plate 15 may bel raised or lowered by the rotation of the rod 38 in the threaded opening 37 of the top plate 2. f

The arrangement of apparatus as so far described permits the wiper surfaces 40 Yand 41 to be brought closely together so as to exert pressure on a strip of sheet metal such as sheet steel placed between the wiper sur. faces.

Referring particularly 'to Figs. 7 and 8 such a strip of sheet steel is indicated at 50,

and is placed between the wiper surfaces of a plurality of wiperl mechanisms of my present invention shown in Figs. 7 and 8 at A, B.-

It will be understood that'although I have shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 6 the wiping material as being felt or like fibrous-material, the same may comprise a surface tocontact withl the metal sheet of any desirable material. For instance, particularly for the rst wiper of sirable in some cases to face the wiping surface with Crocus-cloth or like abrasivematerial, vand my invention comprehends wiping surfaces of any-desired material to accomplish the cleaning or wiping function.

.As has been said, the frame 1 and the upper frame member 2 are secured together by:v

a hinge joint comprising a pin 17.

Referring particualrly to Figs. l, 2 and 16 inclusive, the pin 171is projected through' a hinged opening extending through a transverseopening throughxthe upwardly extending flange 54 of the base l and aligned open-l ings and 56 in the two forks 57 and 58 of the bifurcated end of the upper frame membe'r 2. A rearwardly extending arm 23 is .provided for supporting a weight 24 for counter-balancingto `any suitable degree the weight of the forwardly extending portions of the upper frame member 2 and the parts carried thereby so as to enable the operatorl to liftfthe upper frame member rotatingon the hinge pin 17 so as to permit the opening of the wiper with little or no manual effort. Obviously, when. the upper frame member is raised to substantially vertical position, it will be soheld by the vweight and permit the operator to lay a strip of material upon the lower wiper pad without having vto thread it between pads as has been done heretofore.

lVhen the apparatus is to be closed so as to cause the wiping surfaces of the material 40 and 41 to press rmly against an intermediate strip of sheet metal such as the rsheet metal .steel strip 50, the handle 59 for the lever 1 3 is pressed by the operator and the top frame member 2 rotated on the hinge pin 17 fromthe position shown in Fig. 5 downwardly through the intermediate position shown in Fig.f6

and finally pressure being exerted downwardly on the handle 59, the catch 6 of theV hook member 5. is projected vforwardly under the latch 4 of the base plate forward portion 3'byl the edge of the lever'13 engaging the laterally extending lug 14 carried on the hook member 5, the-downward pressure on the handle 59 continuing and causing the catch 6 and latch 4 to become engaged and then a pressure is'exerted to lift the hook member 5 relative to the For the purpose of such description, refer.- l ence will, be had-especiallyto Figsfji)v to 1 4 inclusive. wherein 'there is shown an eccentric cam vshaft comprising shaft portions 7, 8

and 9, each being preferablyv cylindrical, theintermediate portion 9being of the greatest 7 diameter, and being axially displaced from the series shown at A in Figs. 7 and 8, it isde- ,eccentric sl1aft, the

the carrying portions 7 and A8. producing an one end and a handle 5 9 at the. other end, the

portion 12-containing the opening 11 lbeing' split at 60 and the size of the opening'll being capable of'b'eing made smaller by a machine ff screw-61 loosely passing through an opening 62 in theportion 63 and being threaded into portions 7 and 8 carrythe portion 64 o f the lever member, so that Y when the screw 6l is advanced through .the opening, it will pull the. portions 63 and 64 together totightly grip the end 7 of the ec- The end 7 also is notched at 65 centric shaft.

and the lever portion 12 being notched at 66a l key pin insertable` through aligned notches 66 and 65 will prevent the rotation of the level' member 13 on the shaft end 7. The portions 7 and 8 are journaled in opening 10 in the hook members 35 and 5 respectively. A washer 19 is preferably placed between the lever portion l 12 and the hook portion 5. The frame member 2 being perforated at 67 receives the intermediate enlarged cylindrical portion 9 of the eccentric shaft, the arrangement being .such that upon rotation of the shaft, the framemember2 will be displayedvertically with reference to the hook members 5 and 35.

The frame member 2,. terminates in its eXtreme lower forwardfportion'ina. ltongue 26 projecting in ainoltchv 68 ofthe forward vportion 3' of the lower framefor basememberfl, so this w provides' correct ali`g`n`ment oftheuper'frame member 2` with the lower or base m'erfn mentof the upper framemember 2 to compress j GFL-'md 1 predetermmes the degree ofdownward movei 12o' such` that lupon afull downward movement of I" the handle 59j krotating about" the eccentri shaft portion:7andftheqhook,catch'having upper surface engaging with thelowrgsnrface 4 o ffthelatch, 'these` parts are preventel froml moving". andthereforej .the-upper frame j member-2 will be projected downwardly until" the projection 26 enters the notch 68 andlthefv adjoining surfaces of the portions 26 andff are in engagement. The device is reopened l to the rearwardly extending arm 27 of the hook member 5 is passed between a pair of lugs 29 extending laterally from the frame member 2; this, while not essential is sometimes advantageous as the spring 21 gives the latching movement a kind of snap action.

' The upper wiper supporting plate`15 is guided in its vertical movement by guides 16 and 17 which extend inwardly from the side arms of the vupper frame member 2, these Aguides 16 and 17 being vertical and of substantially uniform width and equidistant in all portions from each other, and are embraced by the bifurcated ends 72 and 73 of i the upper wiper supporting plate 15.

It will be understood that the rotation of the threaded rod 38 will elevate or lower the wiper 40 to determine the amount of pressure that will be exerted downwardly bythe upper wiper when the latching mechanism is operated after the device is closed, and that when a proper adjustment of the upper plate by rotating the handle 2'() of the threaded rod 38 is secured, this adjustment need not be changed, it being only necessary to open and close the entire device by means of the handle 59 in the manner described and at each closure the upper wiper will exert a downward pressure equal to the pressure exerted by it on the previous` closure, and the operator need not, as has been the custom 1n previous arrangements, rotate the pressure rod 38 out of its adjustment in order to permit the in-` sertion of a new strip of sheet metal into the.

the hook member 5 and the catch member 4 thereof. This facilitates the insertion of a new strip of material which may be advanced into 'a plurality of such wiper mechanisms at one time instead of patiently threading the strip through each wipei` separately and adjusting the pressure rod such as 38 for each mechanism separately.

Having thus described my invention in a specific embodiment, I am aware that numerous and extensive departures may bemade from the embodiment herein illustrated and described, but without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim A' cleaner for metal strips which comprises relatively movable frame members, opposed wiper pads carried thereby adapted to receive a metal strip therebetween, means for adjusting the space between the pads, means for clamping the frame members together, and means for moving the clamped frame members toward each other whereby the pads grip the strip under pressure.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature this 25th day of November, 1924.

HAROLD BEHNER. 

